Embedded vs Hosted Images, with PHPMailer

If you use PHPMailer in your applications to send HTML emails, you might have noticed that your hosted (or linked) images have become increasingly unreliable, especially with iOS 15 devices running the Mail App.

This article should help those who have encountered this issue by subtly changing the way they produce the HTML for their email messages and taking advantage of the powerful “msgHTML()” function built into the mailer library.Read More

Tags | email, html, Newsletter, php, PHPMailer

Browser Extensions and PHP Session IDs

The Issue

One way applications protect against abuse (such as replay attacks) is by assigning a nonce (number used once) to a client connection. This randomly generated number is made available to the client for as long as the connection remains active and is commonly stored server-side to the session, and identified by that connection’s PHPSESSID. This PHPSESSID is associated with the client in a cookie, and shared with each future connection.Read More

Tags | addon, browser, chrome, cookie, extension, firefox, form data, formdata, httponly, params, php, phpsessid, safari, samesite, secure

10 Questions Before Beginning Web Development

What every prospective online homeowner should consider before breaking ground

When we’re approached about beginning a new Web presence, ecommerce system, or mobile or web application (referred to simply as “site” below), ERA404 likes to pose 10 questions to our clients. This not only stirs up ideas to begin the process, it also allows all parties to fully explore what the process of Web development entails.Read More

Tags | 10 questions, adjectives, audience, breaking ground, budget, business, citarella, competition, era404, goals, marketing, new web, questionnaire, strategy, success, web costs

ERA404 Hosting Packages

Dear Hosting Customer,

ERA404 began offering hosting solutions in 2003 to alleviate the technical burden of managing web and email hosting for our design and development clients. Over the last fifteen years, the cost of supporting this offering has slowly and steadily increased. In the past, we were hesitant to pass this on to our hosting customers. Unfortunately, in order for us to continue to provide this value-added service, increasing the product costs has become unavoidable.Read More

Tags | advanced, annual cost, bandwidth, basic, databases, diskspace, domain, email, enterprise, ERA 404, era404, ftp, host, hosting, packages, parked, professional, registration, ssl certificate, standard, subdomains, web host, web hosting

Stafflist Demo

StaffList is a WordPress plugin that makes it easy to build and maintain a sortable/searchable table of contact records. The plugin uses shortcodes that can be inserted into WordPress posts or pages. This page is simple demo of how StaffList appears in a page, but some additional information about how to use StaffList shortcodes is provided below the demo.Read More

Tags | directory, employee list, free, list, phone book, phone directory, phone list, plug-in, plugin, staff, staff list, stafflist, word press, wordpress

ERA404 Favicon / App Icon Generator

Favicons

See that little orange circle in the tab of your browser? That’s a favicon. The little 16×16 pixel square isn’t there just for looks. It has a subtle – yet important – role in building the brand on your website. When a visitor sees one, it’s a strong indicator that they came to the right place – which can also be reassuring in a sense.Read More

Tags | app, app icons, app store, apple-touch-icon, apple-touch-icon-precomposed, favicons, google play, icons, ios, itunes store